Sad-iron holder



WUNITED' STATES PATENT Darren.

JOHN' W. WHEELOCK, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

sA`D-|Ro`N HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,157, dated March 20, 1883.

Applicationfiled October 20, 1882. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

l. Be it known that I, JOHN W. WHEELOGK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Device for Use with Flat-Irons, of which the following is a'specitication.

My invention relates to an improved device for use with flat-irons, in which a dat-iron holder provided with guarded sides and an open-Work bottomis made in solid connection with a pad-holder provided with a detachable cleaning-pad, all of which-will be hereinafter fully described.

Theobj ecls of my invention are, first, to provide a device consisting of a single piece of metal having a flat-iron holder and a cleaningpad holder, in which said pad-holder will be situated rearward of said dat-iron holder, and

guards will bound the sides of both in a continuous manner, with a dividing-guard separating one from the other, whereby the fiatiron will beheldin the forward part of the device and the,clean"ing-pad will be held immovable in the rear portion of the same, so

that both the iiatiron holder and the cleanby a tipping of the said fiat-iron will he prevented, so that a uniform Ventilating-space between the lower surface of the same and the top surface of the door of the holder will be maintained by the united operation of said guards and supporting-points, in and through which air will freely circulate for cooling to a degree the space between the holder and the table or board beneath; third, to so combine `and arrange with a dat-iron holder and a cleaning-pad holder situated rearward of said flat-iron holder, and having` guardsl which are continuous and solid with the respective said holders, a cleaning-pad which will be held immovable at the rear of saidtlat-iron holder, with the plane of its upper surface or side above the plane ofnthe upper edges of said guards, whereby the flat-iron will be readily transferred from the holder 'to the cleaningv pad, and the reverse, and permit thebottom of the fiat-iron to be moved in any direction over the top surface ofthe cleaning-pad without its touching the .upper edges of the said guards, so that all portions of the bottom of the flat-iron may be cleaned by said pad; fourth, to provide means by which a scrapingblade will be held in convenient situation at the rearend of a device in which its forward portion will be adapted to hold a dat-iron and its rear portion adapted to hold a cleaningpad, whereby said scraping-blade will be held in situation so as not` to become heated by the heat of the flat-iron in its holder; fifth, to produce for a device for use with a flat-iron a cleaning-pad which will be adapted to be readily secured in place with the said device and be formed by the combination, with a metallic pad-table having serrated flange-edges, of a cloth which will engage with said flanges and be strained over the top of the same when turned downward; and,sixth,to combine with a pad-holder means by which a detachable cleaning-pad composed of metal and cloth will be readily secured in place in thc holder, and be adapted to be readily removed. therefrom for the renewal of thecloth, as may be required. I attain these objects by meansof the pieces, parts, or elements illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a perspective view of `my improved device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same with the cloth covering of the cleaning-pad removed. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional elevation talren at line No. l in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional elevation taken at line Jo. 2 in Fig. Fig.5 is a perspective view of the cleaningpad table from its lower side, and Fig. 6 is a perspective, Vview of the scraping-blade adapted to enter the receptacle provided at the rear end of the cleaning-pad.

The same letters of reference lindicate like parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, A represents the flat-iron holder proper, and B the cleaning-pad holder, made in solid connection with the former, and shown to be situated at the rear of the same, although, if preferred, it may be situated at IOO one of its sides. The said dat-iron holder is made with a `size and shape and conformation of outer sides which will correspond with the size and shape of the liat-iron to be held, and consists of the perforated or open work bottom, a, and side guards, a', and rear guard, a2, which guards project upward above the ripper surface of said bottom and bound the side and rear edges of the same, as shown.

Projecting a sho'rt distance-say about onesixteenth of an inchabove the planeet the uppersurface of bottom a are supportingponts or surfaces c o c, three or more, properly distributed, which are to operate as points for the support ot' the bottom of the dat-iron at a plane slightly above the plane of the upper surface of' the bottom of said holder, whereby a ventilating space or chamber will be made to intervene between the top surface of the bottom of the holder and the bottom surface ofthe flat-iron, and this ventilation will be stimulated by' the movements of currents of air upward through the pert'orations in bottom t to the shallow chamber between said bottom and the lower surface of the flat-iron, an'd thence upward between the sides and ends of the nat-iron and the guards, so that an excessively-heated iron will have its temperature vsooner and evenly reduced while being held on the holder than it would be without means for ventilation.

The pad-holder B is made to be a rearward extension of the device from {iat-iron holder A, and is formed by the continuation of guards a rearward past rear guards,a2, ot' the flat-iron holder to a distance of about four inches, more or less, and the end bar, a4, made in solid connection with said rearwardly-extended side guards, as shown in Fig. l. Made with'tlie rear side ot' guard a2 is a short horizontal ilange, I), and extending from side to side between said extended side guards, and in solid connection with thesame, is the cross supporting-bar b. Running parallel with thesaid extended guards and `from ledge or flange b to crossbar b are the horizontal bars b3 b3, setting inward at a short distance from said side guards, soas to form slots e e between, as shown in Fig. 3. The said pad-holder, being thus formed, is adapted to receive a detachable pad. The-.rear end bar, a4, is extended down to the full depth of the device from the plane of the upper edge of the guards to the plane ofthe surface on which the device issupported, and has made in its upper side edge a fingernotch, d. A short horizontal lian ge, d,i s made at the lower edge ot' bar a4, and is made to project inwardly to form the bottom of a receptacle for receiving a scraping-blade, O, Figs. 1, 2, and 6, which receptacle is formed between rear end bar, a4, and the rear end ot' the cleaning-pad, D. (Shown by tull and dotted lines in Figs. l and 2.)

'lhe scraping-blade C is provided with a iingernail slit, by which, through notch d in rearY bar, a, the operator may readily lift said blade out from its receptacle U when it is desired to clear the bottom of the fiat-iron from any adhering starch or other substance. Projecting horizontally outward from the rear end bar, a4, is a lug, f, provided with screw-hole g, by which a screw will be made to hold the device secured to an ironing-board or a table, so as to be prevented from being moved when the operator is moving the iiat-iron backward and forward over-the cleaning-pad to polish the face`of the iron. The forward end of the device is provided with lug'f, provided with screw-hole g', also for securing said end to the board or table. Intermediate feet, h, projecting downward from the lower side of the bottom of the device, are also provided i'or supporting the middle portion of the same.

The cleaning-pad D is formed by the sheetmetal table t and the felt or cloth covering l. The table 7c is made of thin sheet metal, prei'- erablt1 ot' tin or sheet-iron, and when formed is provided with iianges m, having teeth or serrations n it. The said iianges, including the teeth, are made about one-half'of an inch deep and stand about at right angles with the lower side of the table proper. The table is made with a length from front to rear edges about one-eighth of an inch less than the distance between rear guard, a2, and rear bar, a4, so as to form an opening to scraping-blade receptacle C. The felt or cloth covering l is folded over the top side of table k, with its two opposite side edge portions drawn over and on the points of teeth m and made to 'engage with the same. The side iianges, m, with thecloth folded against the saine, are then slitted at pointe, which will correspond with the distance ot' bar b from the rear side of receptacle C', and the portion on is turned down dat against the lower side oi' the said table, as shown in Fig. 5. The pad, being thus formed, is placed in the pad-holder B, with the angular serrated danges dropping into the slots e e, formed between side guards, a a', and bars b3 b3, as shown in Fig. 3, when the serrated edges are bent inward against the lower sides of bars b3 b3, as shown in the saine figure. When the said clean ing-pad is thus secured in holder B its upper cloth surface Will be on or slightly above the plane ofthe upper edge of guards a and a2, so that thebottom oftheiiat-iron will not be liable to have contact with the edges of said guards when the pad is vbeing operated with for cleaning the bottom of the iron. By bending back the serrated edges of the pad-table the pad will be readily removed, and new felt or cloth covering may be made to replace an old and worn-out one whenever required.

By my improvements the dat-iron will be held from sliding oli fromits holder, and should the operator place the iron not fairly on the bottom the guards will cant the iron inward, so that all liability or' its sliding off will berenioved. With the device secured permanently to an ironing-board, the operator will have the device in convenient situation for use, and its attachment will not in the least prevent askirt or other article of raiment from being placed IIO 274,157 v i l 3 properly on the board and shifted at will,

, while at the same time the device will present for successive use the dat-'iron holder for temporary reception ofV the fiat-iron while shifting the articles being ironed, the cleaning-pad` for cleaning and polishing the face of the iron, and the scraping-blade in its receptacle for ready removal and use for cleaning starch or other substance from the face of the iron.

Havingdescribed myinventiomwhatlclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device for use with dat-iron, consisting of holder A, adapted to receive a flat-iron, and holder B, adapted to receive a cleaning-pad, said pad-holder being situated rearward of said `fiat-iron holder and separated by guard a2, and both having side guards which are made 4 continuous with each other and extended from the front to the rearot` thedeviceon both sides thereof, with all said parts composing annitary whole, substantially as set forth.

2. In a device for use with a fiat-iron, the

` `flat-iron holder A, having an open-work or perforated bottom, which is provided with three or more upwardly-projecting points orsupports,

which are adapted to supportaiiat-iron above the top surface of said bottom, and provided with side and rear guards, which will retain the dat-iron in place on said supporting-point s, substantiallyas and for the purposeset forth. 3. With a device for use with a fiat-iron, and

having its forward portion forming a {iat-iron holder and its rearward portion a cleaningpad holder, and provided with side guards which are made in solid connection with each said holder-and continuous iromfront to rear of said device, and dividing-guard separating each said holder from the otherthe combination and arrangement of a cleaningpad,which is-removable and held in said pad-holder with the plane ot' its upper surface or cleaning side above the plane of the top'edges of said guards, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a device for use with at-irons,having holder A, adapted to receive and hold aflatiron, and cleaning-pad D, situated at-the rear of said fiat-iron holder, ot' receptacle C', situated at the rear of said pad and between its rear edge and rear end bar of the device, and having a finger-notch for access to the side of said receptacle for the removal of a scrapingblade therein, all substantially as andl for the purpose set forth.

5. The combinatiomwith sheetmetal pad table lc, provided with two oppositely--located side flanges, m., having serrations or teeth n, made with thin lower edges, of pad-cloth Z,

covering said table and having its opposite end Y portions engaging with said teeth, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a device for use with a flat-iron, and having fiat-iron holder A and cleaning-pad holder B, situated rearward ofthe former and provided with bars b3, made with the opposite sides ot' said pad-holder, with au opening between each said bars and the sides of the same, of the detachable pad D, composed of cloth or equivalent material and tixedto a metal table or piece, provided with teeth or serrations which are adapted to `hold said cloth to the said metallic table, and also bind said pad in place in said holder by bending down said -teeth ou said bars b3, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN W. WHEELOGK.

Witnesses: 4

GEoRGE P. PREscocr'r, ALEX. SELKIRK. 

